Sweden's International Development Minister to Visit

Anna Gunilla Carlsson, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation, is scheduled to discuss the political agenda when she visits Israel next week.

At a Thursday-evening reception to mark his country's Independence Day, Carl Magnus Nesser Sweden's ambassador to Israel said Sweden supports the renewal of talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, as well as the realization of the two-state solution of two states for two people living side by side in peace and security.